Back on the Water

[BaySport]

Saturday, 12/09/06- Hit the water early (5:30am). Cool, calm morning. No one at the ramp but us. Motored through the dark to Las Vegas Wash. Did'nt think there would be any shad around to net but we took a look anyway. Confirmed our thoughts, then anchored out by the green buoy, in 40 feet of water, near the entrance to the wash. Chummed a ton and started soaking cut bait. Right away we started hauling in little (8 inch) stripers. Good sign! Pulled up anchor and headed out to the channel across from Hole 33. Dropped anchor in 70 feet of water. Cummed a ton and started soaking cut bait. Soon we were pulling in better fish ( 1-2 lbs.). Action was steady. We headed in when we ran out of frozen shad.

Had a blast today catching a bunch of small stripers. Sure beats staying at home with an ice pack on the knee. Only a couple other boats out today. Can't wait to do it again!
BaySport


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Old gimpy pulls in another small striper. BLM, thanks for the Merc sweatshirt!

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Stripers on the deck at 9:30 am. End up with 38 by 11:00 am.

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Water conditions on Saturday morning. Nice cool breeze! Wind picked up around 10:00 am providing a fun ride back to the marina.
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[BearLakeMack]

[font "Comic Sans MS"][black][size 3]What a butthead! That's my sweatshirt! I can't believe you stole my Mercury sweatshirt! That sucker was dang near new![/size][/black][/font]
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[BaySport]

Bro, you left it on Capt. Keith's boat when we fished for halibut on S.F. Bay last summer. I've been holding on to it until Lake Mead cooled down. Looks great don't it!
BaySport
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[Mead_Stripers]

As always, thanks for the great report. I'm glad to hear that the stripers are still biting despite the colder temps. I'll be at Temple Bar on the 26th through the 29th!!!

Best regards,

Paul
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[BaySport]

I'm sure you'll have a great trip! I have next week off and plan on fishing everyday if possible. Hope the weather isn't too bad.
BaySport
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[Mead_Stripers]

Man, that would be sweet. Hope you are able to go out there everyday. Looks like we'll be having raining over the weekend but it looks pretty clear after that. If you do end up going everyday, please make sure to leave some stripers for me.

Thanks,

Paul
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